Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Alok Agrawal is calling us from Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh where he is reporting on 3rd day of Jal Satyagraha movment of Omkareshwar dam displaced people on river Narmada. Courts have accepted that people from over 30 villages have not been rehabilitated and ordered that dam will not be filled unless rehabilitation is complete but govt is filling up the dam and people are standing on rising water with a vow of not moving. For more Alok Ji can be reached at 09425928007

My name is Gangaiah. I am calling from Terapadu village, Chinturu mandal Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. We lived in Chhattisgarh but after Conflict we moved to Terapadu village and started podu ( shifting) cultivation. The villagers from the nearby area occupied our podu cultivation land. Without the crop how can we survive? We are living this place for 10 years. Can someone help us please. Gangaiyah ji can be contacted at 09492105911.

Anita Dhritlahare from Chhattisgarh Mahila Manch is talking to a fellow activist from Jagdalpur in Bastar who tells her that they are a self help group of 10 women who are taking care of under nourished children. They run ration shop and are also running training programs for inmates in jail so that they need go to the world of crime after they are freed. We also do meetings in villages to tell women about their rights she said. For more Anita ji can be reached at 09993659187

My name is Naresh Bunkar. I am from Adivasi Jan Van Adhikar Manch in Pandaria block of Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. I had reported about an official charging Rs 200 from each Baiga adivasi family in Kandavani village fraudulently for giving ration cards. Within a week of the report officials visited the area and found the complaint to be correct and have asked the official to return the money. Though adivasis have got the money and we thank friends from Swara for that but the ration dealer is still giving less rice and selling all the sugar faudulently which needs checking. For more Naresh ji can be reached at 08720822286

My name is Umesh Turi. I am the deputy village headman in Mohda (in Dhanbad district in Jharkhand). In my village school there are only 3 teachers for 9 classes and there is no plan to send anyone. So students are leaving as the standard of education is falling. Out of these 3, two are teachers for Urdu language which is not taught in the school! I request officials and leaders to look into the matter so the students do not suffer. For more Turi Ji can be reached at 09798545001